watching tv on mobile

[jpmc1]

I want to watch now tv on my mobile using just the phone data not wifi, is this allowed and if so will it use up my data very quickly ?

[Carley_S]

Hi @jpmc1 

Welcome to the community forums

Streaming will use a lot of your mobile data yes. 

[jpmc1]

Thanks for reply. Is it fair to say 100gb wont last very long ?

[Carley_S]

This will all depend on your own personal usage and what definition/quality of videos you are streaming @jpmc1  On average, you're looking at around 40 hours of HD streaming with 100GB data. This will be considerable less with 4K streaming. We would not be able to guarantee how long your data will last and will be entirely down to your personal usage. 

[japitts · Accepted solution]

Android & Apple phones have a data counter which will itemise data usage app-by-app and break it down to mobile data/WiFi

You could try watching a bit of TV on your phone, and then monitor the amount of data used before & after.

The location of this menu differs between phone models & OS, but is generally under the network connection settings.